Nicolas Cage is the subject of a $105 million lawsuit over the theft of his unreleased film Fortitude, and he is a playable operator in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
Nicolas Cage's recent public profile is split between a legal dispute over an unreleased film and a video game crossover. In August 2026, the producer of Fortitude sued Netflix for at least $105 million after a storage drive containing the film's master copy was stolen from a Netflix office in Los Angeles. The suit argues that the theft destroyed the film's market value because distributors now fear piracy risk.
Two months earlier, in June 2026, Activision announced Cage as a playable operator in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. He appears in the Season 04 Reloaded update, which launched June 26, as the face of the Summer of Action event. Players obtain him through a premium event pass track that includes an exclusive skin, emote, and finishing move.
The two stories do not connect directly. One concerns Cage's film work and its commercial fallout; the other is a promotional tie-in. Together they show Cage active in both film and gaming spaces, with the film side currently entangled in litigation.
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The producer of the unreleased Nicolas Cage film Fortitude is suing Netflix for at least $105 million after a storage drive containing the master copy was stolen from a Netflix office in Los Angeles. The suit claims the film's market value was destroyed because piracy risk now scares off distributors.
Activision announced on June 23 that Nicolas Cage will appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 as a new operator in the Season 04 Reloaded update launching June 26. He is the face of the Summer of Action event and is obtained through a premium event pass track that includes an exclusive skin, emote, and finishing move. The update also adds a Japanese-style zombie map, a new multiplayer map, and a remastered map.